"No timeline has been given for when the centre will open
or when migrants will start to be sent there."

Well since it was previously used to house illegal immigrants, it shouldn't take too long to get it operational again. OTOH, since most of the illegals detained so far have been flown back to their home country and with countries all over falling into line following what happened to Columbia (even China abjectly said they'd take their people back), it might take a while to get to the 30,000 figure.

Of course, since it was previously used to house illegals by a Democrat (Bill Clinton), people like Foxy will try very hard to not know that.

"It's all part and parcel of the MAGA movement's intense
fact aversion and widespread resistance to observing
the truth and reality."

Coming from Foxy, that's hilarious. Earlier in this thread she told us to get "facts first" only to link to an article which was completely erroneous.

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More good news....Trump's pick to head the US EPA. Lee Zeldin, has been approved, with three Democrats voting to support Trump. Maybe now this out-of-control agency can be made to serve the needs of the US rather than the fantasies of the UN.

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Dear Zero,

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You wrote :

« … while you might be able to distort Trump's views to suit this or that assertion, why does it apply to him and not for example the Biden regime … If you distort and apply these definitions … they apply to almost every president since Teddy Roosevelt … »
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It is not necessary to distort “Trump’s views” to classify him as an illiberal, authoritarian, populist, or imperialist. It is sufficient to compare the precise description of each of those qualifiers with what Trump says and does.

They do not apply to “almost every president since Teddy Roosevelt”. However, there are a number of presidents in the world today to whom they do apply, e.g., Orban in Hungary, Erdogan in Turkey, Milei in Argentina, are current populist presidents of their countries, to name a few.

Some considered Obama to be a populist but later accused him of not keeping his promises :

http://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/how-barack-obama-contributed-to-the-left-populist-wave/

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Mhaze, I'm wondering if the boy-child 47th president of the USA who has 'drained the swamp' will appoint one of his business cronies to run Guantanamo Bay, who will of course, in turn, charge the USA taxpayers squillions of dollars. Hmmmmmm shades of Manus Island if you ask me.

And for all those singing the praises of how popular the boy-child is, a new Gallop poll has shown that after his first week in the job, he is the least popular president since the poll was first taken way back in the 1950's. Yep, the 1st president ever to score less than 50% popularr after their 1st week in the job. Well done. But of course, we all know that the Gallop poll is a ' ... left wing Marxist plot ...' don't we?

Hi Aries54,

It's difficult to argue with people who see Trump
as more than a mere mortal who if going to Make
America Great Again and who give him permission
for revenge, craven power, and permission for
them to engage in the worst human behaviour.

And of course any critics will have smear tactics
thrown at them.

These same people supported Cardinal Pell's innocence.

http://abc.net.au/news/2025-01-31/george-pell-ballarat-abused-boys/104863920

Yes I saw that Foxy. And yet there are still some on this forum who claim that being 'woke' is worse than adopting the christian ethics of the late cardinal. Unbelievable isn't it?

According to Trump, dwarfs don't make good air traffic controllers. I say that they were a big hit in The Wizard of Oz and only cost half as much to hire as Toto.